But when spending the entire Thanksgiving weekend with the relatives borders on too much ... you hunger for a bit of relief — comic relief.

“You know the feeling,” said comic Jared Freid, laughing, during a recent telephone chat. “That’s why I love performing on holiday weekends, when we all need to get away from our families for a breather. Audiences want to hear someone else talk” other than the relatives. “Why do you think football is so popular?”

Holiday audiences also tend to be in a festive mood, which adds to the ambiance, he adds. Freid is the draw at Comix at Mohegan Sun resort immediately following Thanksgiving, performing three shows at the comedy club on Friday and Saturday Nov. 24-25.

A favorite with Comix audiences since his first professional gig there, the Harlem, N.Y.,-based comic has been featured on Tru TV’s “NFL Full Contact,” MTV’s “Failosophy” and recently on AXS TV’s “Gotham Comedy Live.”

A native of the Boston suburb of Needham, Mass., Freid, 32, said that being a stand-up comic became a goal after graduating from Pennsylvania State University and selling insurance for three years.

He became certain he was unsuited for the job when “I realized that the best part of my day was writing emails to my friends. I’ve always been the ballbuster of the group, laughing at myself or friends” in his messages, which eventually morphed into stand-up routines.

“I eventually realized that this was more than just a passing interest,” he said. “I had this delusion, belief, stupidity that I could do this.”

So how did he convince Comix to let him break into the business in 2010? “Persistence. I emailed them every week until they probably felt sorry for me ... probably wore them down. They gave me my start,” he said.

He said his comedy is “physical, fun and relatable. Things like dating, money, roommates, social tension ... luxury issues.”

A regular at the Comedy Cellar, Gotham Comedy and Stand Up New York, he is also a writer for TotalFratMove, BroBible and HeTexted. His weekly original column is offered on TotalFratMove.com and his dating advice column is on PostGradProblems.com. He is the host of the JTrain Podcast and the creator of the “Frat Dude Goes To” series “where he travels the country interviewing ‘Bros’ at wild events,” his bio said.

Although he has many interests, Freid said it’s hard to beat the satisfaction of stand-up, especially when performing in front of a “hot crowd that’s energized and there’s buzzing in the room.”